Monday, December 31. 2007

But Montana, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's economic census, leads the nation in per-capita spending at drinking establishments.

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By dividing the revenue for alcohol sales at drinking establishments by the state's population, it works out to a figure of $258. That's what every man, woman and child in the state would have spent in drinking establishments in 2002 if every man, woman and child in the state drank.

Of course, not every man or woman, and hopefully none of the children, spent that amount in bars, which means some of us spent a lot more than $258.

The national average for per-capita spending at drinking establishments, by the way, was just $52. Forty-three states didn't even reach triple digits.

Only Montana, Nevada, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Wisconsin were over $100 in per-capita spending.

Yes, there we have a big part of Montana culture, the drinking culture. Ain't it grand.

Oh, to me not drinking is like being dead, almost. I sit here taking endless journeys down memory lane. It gets boring. Jeffrey Bernard

Maybe they just charge too much per drink at our establishments? Just kidding. Since some of us never buy a drink in a bar, some folks are really spending a lot in them. But, where else are you going to spend a dollar in Pompey's Pillar? Oh, yeah, the post office!

Random Photo from The Gallery

East Fork of Tullock creek. I haven't seen it consistently flow such a stream in a lot of years. It's sure nice to see, how long it will last though is anybodies guess. Not long enough for sure. Taken 4/11/2007.